Subsets where each chosen letter may be marked bold
Question
Erica forms a set by choosing elements from the six-letter set . For any element she is unsure about, she includes it in but writes it in bold. Valid results include , and ; an element may not appear both plain and bold, so is not allowed. How many different sets can she write?
Short answer
. Each of the six elements independently has three states: left out, included plainly, or included in bold. That gives .
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- Counting and Combinatorics
- Sample Spaces, Events, and the Probability Axioms
- Conditional Probability, Total Probability, and Bayes' Rule
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